Devendra Singh was an Indian-American evolutionary psychologist who held harmful and biased views about sex and gender minorities.
Background
Singh was born January 12, 1938 in Urai, India. Singh earned a master’s degree in philosophy at Agra University before earning a doctorate in psychology at Ohio State University in 1966. Following positions at Wright State University and North Dakota State University, Singh began teaching at University of Texas at Austin in 1969.
Singh is best known for research about waist-to-hip ratio in women, which Singh claimed has evolutionary significance.
Singh was married to Barbara Singh (1943–2022) and had three children, including anti-trans evolutionary psychologist Devita Singh. Singh died on May 18, 2010.
Views on sex and gender minorities
In 2000 Scott M. Strong, Singh, and Patrick K. Randall published an article that claimed “a ‘high feminine’ subtype of gay males had greater body dissatisfaction than ‘less feminine’ subtypes had.”
Singh appeared with a number of anti-trans activists on the series The Sex Files in an episode titled “Homosexuality.”
- Why are some people gay? That’s the $64,000 question – at least in the scientific community. Is it something genetically predetermined? Or does environment have an impact on whether an individual turns out to be gay or lesbian? These questions are beginning to be probed in ways that might finally be leading to an answer, and the Sex Files has interviewed the foremost authorities on the topic to uncover some of those scientific clues:
- Dr. Devendra Singh, University of Texas psychologist specializing in the evolutionary significance of human physical attractiveness
- Dr. Ken Zucker, head of the Child and Adolescent Gender Identity Clinic at the University of Toronto’s Clarke Institute of Psychiatry
- Dr. Ray Blanchard, head of the Clinical Sexology program at the University of Toronto’s Clarke Institute of Psychiatry
- Dr. Michael Bailey, professor of psychology at Northwestern University in Illinois and specialist in the genetics and environment of sexual orientation
- Dr. Marc Breedlove, professor of psychology* specialising in the sexual differentiation of the brain.
Singh was also a mentor to J. Michael Bailey’s son Drew Bailey.
References
University of Texas (May 21, 2010). Psychology Professor Devendra Singh Dies. https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/news/psychology-professor-devendra-singh-dies
Exploration Production (November 20, 2000). S02 E08: Homosexuality. The Sex Files
Strong SM, Singh D, Randall PK (2000). Childhood Gender Nonconformity and Body Dissatisfaction in Gay and Heterosexual Men. Sex Roles https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007126814910
Obituary (2010). Devendra Singh https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/statesman/name/devendra-singh-obituary?id=23339973
[Obituary] (April 16, 2022). Barbara Gay Boggess Singh. Austin American-Statesman https://www.statesman.com/obituaries/p0204794
Resources
University of Texas, Austin Psychology (liberalarts.utexas.edu/psychology)
- Devendra Singh [archive]
- http://www.psy.utexas.edu/psy/faculty/singh/singh.html
- Devendra Singh remembered [archive] https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/psychology/research-faculty/emeriti-in-memoriam/devendra-singh-remembered.html
Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
* The original episode guide described Dr. Breedlove as a “professor of psychology at UCLA.” Dr. Breedlove noted in 2008 “I am not, and have never been, a professor of psychology or of anything else at UCLA.” Breedlove earned his Ph.D. at UCLA but taught at UC Berkeley before taking an appointment at Michigan State.
Ben Appel is an American author and anti-transgender activist. Appel is a contributor to Queer Majority, UnHerd, Quillette, Spiked, Washington Examiner, The Atlantic, New York Post, Reality’s Last Stand, and other anti-trans publications. Appel is associated with anti-trans hate group Genspect and anti-trans separatist group LGB Alliance.
Background
Benjamin John “Ben” Appel was born in February 1983 to Nancy Sue (Lipman) Gunzelman (born 1954) and Randy Appel (1949–2019). Appel grew up in Catonsville and Ellicott City, Maryland in a “fundamentalist” Catholic household with three siblings: Erin, Jessica, and Bret.
Appel had many “feminine” interests as a child (particularly My Pretty Pony) and has concerns that similar children are now encouraged to make a gender transition. Citing anti-trans psychologists Devita Singh, Susan Bradley, and Kenneth Zucker, Appel wote:
“I, like a lot of other LGB (and some trans) people, believe that many children and some adolescents presenting at gender clinics today would likely desist and grow up to be gay, lesbian, or bisexual if they were given proper emotional support. In other words, in many cases, the medicalization of “trans kids” might actually be the medicalization of homosexuality.”
In 2015 Appel married attorney Andrew Charles “Drew” Leaser (born 1976). They live in New York.
Appel worked as a hairdresser in Maryland for ten years before earning a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University in 2020.
Appel has written about getting sober and has criticized Alcoholics Anonymous for working toward inclusivity:
“I was finishing my last year of study at Columbia University. Having entered the university in 2017 as a self-described radical progressive planning a career in LGBT activism, I was graduating an exile. I had become disillusioned with, and spoken out against, my fellow progressives’ tactics: suppressing free speech, purity policing and reducing every individual to his or her skin colour, gender and sexual orientation. During my last semester, which was moved online due to the pandemic, I’d sign on to virtual AA meetings after class, and immediately be struck by how similar the two spaces had become. Pronouns lit up the screen. Whereas opening readings once consisted of the AA preamble, the 12 Steps and 12 traditions, and details about the meeting, now some groups chose to add a thinly veiled threat: ‘We will not tolerate racist, homophobic, sexist or transphobic rhetoric in this space.’”
Appel was also upset that AA revised its language to be more gender-inclusive.
Anti-transgender activism
In 2023, Appel was announced as a participant in an anti-trans conference by SPLC-designated hate group Genspect.
Appel is an “autogynephilia” activist and frequently criticizes “gender ideology.”
Appel’s 2025 memoir Cis White Gay: The Making of a Gender Heretic was pitched as:
about growing up in a Christian fundamentalist cult before becoming a gay rights activist while a student at Columbia University, only to encounter there a cultural landscape ruled by gender ideology and a puritanical cult of social justice resembling The Handmaid’s Tale dystopia of his childhood.
Appel’s book was blurbed by anti-trans activists Konstantin Kisin, Julie Bindel, James Kirchick, and Brandon Showalter.
In October 2025, Appel spoke at The Unspeakeasy in NYC: A Small Gathering for Big Ideas hosted by Meghan Daum. Announced guests were Appel, Lisa Selin Davis, Andrew Hartz, Rob Henderson, Carole Hooven, John McWhorter, Peter Moskos, Alana Newhouse, and Mike Pesca.
Podcasts
In December 2024, Appel began co-hosting Informed Dissent, a “gender critical” podcast with Cori Cohn, Lisa Selin Davis, “Eliza Mondegreen”, and Jamie Reed. Guests include Alex Byrne, Anna Hutchinson, Maud Maron, Leor Sapir, Lauren Schwartz. Appel left in September 2025.
In May 2025, Appel started a podcast titled The Ben Appel Podcast. The only episode posted in 2025 was Pear Joseph.
References
Bollinger, Alex (November 19, 2025). “Zohran Mamdani is going to force gay men to transition” & other stupid things straight media says. LGBTQ Nation https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/zohran-mamdani-is-going-to-force-gay-men-to-transition-other-stupid-things-straight-media-says/
Lieberman, Tucker (November 7, 2025). We Do Not Have to Keep Doing This (Yet Here’s Another Anti-Trans Book). Medium https://tuckerlieberman.medium.com/we-do-not-have-to-keep-doing-this-cis-white-gay-30751d03c3ed
Iacia, Samantha (January 14, 2015). Wedded: Ben Appel and Drew Leaser. Baltimore Sun https://www.baltimoresun.com/features/bs-lt-wedded-0118-20150114-story.html
Anti-trans coverage
Paresky, Pamela (December 1, 2025). He Escaped a Pious Cult—Then Found College to Be a New One. Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/happiness-and-the-pursuit-of-leadership/202511/he-escaped-a-pious-cult-then-found-college-to
Bindel, Julie (November 30, 2025). ‘I grew up in a cult that said gay men were evil. After escaping, I found trans ideology was worse.’ The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/30/ben-appel-lamb-of-god-cult-trans-gender-ideology/
Showalter, Brandon (October 13, 2025). How a man survived 2 cults and lived to tell about it (book review). Christian Post https://www.christianpost.com/voices/how-a-man-survived-2-cults-and-lived-to-tell-about-it.html
Selected writing by Appel
Appel, Ben (March 3, 2026). In Defense of Effeminate Boys: If anyone had suggested that I might really be a girl, I don’t know how I would have responded. The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/gay-boys-lgbtq-trans/686179/
Appel, Ben (November 20, 2025). Cis, White, and Gay: In a new book, Ben Appel describes his journey from closeted Christian cult child, to recovering addict, to social-justice warrior, to self-confessed ‘gender heretic.’ Quillette https://quillette.com/2025/11/20/cis-white-and-gay/
Appel, Ben (February 20, 2026). This Is What They’re Doing: The gender surgeons speak for themselves. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/this-is-what-theyre-doing
Appel, Ben (February 13, 2026). The Cult of Niceness. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/the-cult-of-queer-niceness
Appel, Ben (February 5, 2026). There Is No Such Thing As ‘LGBTQ+.’ Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/there-is-no-such-thing-as-lgbtq
Appel, Ben (January 18, 2026). I’m Glad You Unfriended Me. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/im-glad-you-unfriended-me
Appel, Ben (November 17, 2025). Mamdani’s ‘gender-affirming care’ plan surgically erases gays — just like Iran. New York Post https://nypost.com/2025/11/17/opinion/mamdanis-gender-affirming-care-plan-surgically-erases-gays-just-like-iran/
Appel, Ben (September 9, 2025). The Demonization of the ‘Cis White Gay.’ Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/the-demonization-of-the-cis-white
Appel, Ben (August 21, 2025). The worst people on the planet. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/the-worst-people-on-the-planet
Appel, Ben (July 31, 2025). The f*g-to-trans-fashion-model pipeline. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/the-fg-to-trans-fashion-model-pipeline
Appel, Ben (June 30, 2025). Andrea Long Chu, the libertine. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/andrea-long-chu-the-libertine
Appel, Ben (June 24, 2025). Judith Butler says the quiet parts out loud. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/judith-butler-weighs-in-on-the-supreme
Appel, Ben (May 13, 2025). Do “LGBTQ+” orgs even care about gay people anymore? Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/do-lgbtq-orgs-even-care-about-gay
Appel, Ben (May 6, 2025). You have two options: become a “real man” or a trans prostitute. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/you-have-two-choices-become-a-real
Appel, Ben (July 10, 2025). I saw Columbia craziness up close — and New York City’s headed that way if Zohran Mamdani becomes mayor. New York Post https://nypost.com/2025/07/10/opinion/i-saw-columbia-craziness-up-close-and-the-citys-headed-that-way-if-zohran-mamdani-becomes-mayor/
Appel, Ben (March 2, 2025). ‘Conclave’ Isn’t The Pro-Trans Film People Think It Is. Rather, it illustrates the insanity of the trans/queer movement. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/conclave-isnt-the-pro-trans-film
Appel, Ben (February 2, 2025). Enough With Their Lies: LGBT organizations and mainstream news outlets do more to contribute to the youth mental health crisis than the Trump Administration ever could. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/enough-with-their-lies
Appel, Ben (January 19, 2025). It’s Time for This Madness to End. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/perhaps-its-time-we-went-scorched
Appel, Ben (December 14, 2024). That Which Must Not Be Named. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/that-which-must-not-be-named
Appel, Ben (December 26, 2023). The Re-deminzation of the Gay Male. Queer Majority https://www.queermajority.com/essays-all/the-re-demonization-of-the-gay-male
Appel, Ben (May 14, 2023). Homophobia in drag: Transgender ideology has breathed new life into a dark, old prejudice. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/05/14/the-new-homophobia/
Appel, Ben (September 4, 2022). Dispatches of a Gender Heretic: Thoughts on the prominence of gender heresy among gay men, cultural appropriation, and some updates on my latest work. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/dispatches-of-a-gender-heretic
Appel, Ben (September 2, 2022). Victimhood is one helluva drug. [alternate title: “Chase Strangio, you can have ‘fa**ot’ if you want it.”] Queer Majority https://www.queermajority.com/essays-all/victimhood-is-one-helluva-drug
Appel, Ben (May 12, 2023). How Alcoholics Anonymous lost its way Addicts with the ‘wrong opinions’ no longer fit in. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2023/05/how-alcoholics-anonymous-lost-its-way/
Appel, Ben (April 21, 2022). The New Homophobia | Opinion. Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/new-homophobia-opinion-1698969
Adler, Dahlia (February 25, 2022). February 2022 deal announcements. LGBTQ Reads https://lgbtqreads.com/2022/02/25/february-2022-deal-announcements/
Appel, Ben (January 13, 2022). The stifling conformity of campus sexual politics. Washington Examiner https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-stifling-conformity-of-campus-sexual-politics
Appel, Ben (July 8, 2021). As a Gay Child in a Christian Cult, I Was Taught to Hate Myself. Then I Joined the Church of Social Justice—and Nothing Changed, Quillette https://quillette.com/2021/07/08/as-a-gay-child-in-a-christian-cult-i-was-taught-to-hate-myself-then-i-joined-the-church-of-social-justice-and-nothing-changed/
Appel, Ben (January 17, 2018). How to Be Cisgender. Quarto https://quartomagazine.com/nonfiction/how-to-be-cisgender
Book
Appel, Ben (2025). Cis White Gay: The Making of a Gender Heretic. Bombardier Books, ISBN 978-1637586280
Media
Unlicensed Philosophy with Chuong Nguyen and Ben Appel (December 26, 2025). Episode 603 – Second Interview with Ben Appel (Writer). https://musicallyspeaking.substack.com/cp/182650727
DIAG Democrats with “Ellie” and Ben Appel (December 9, 2025). Cis White Gay: A conversation with author Ben Appel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoTpTCy3v5U
Jack Jewell with Ben Appel (November 23, 2025). The Making of a Gender Heretic | Ben Appel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFcXjgzO-Ec
Quillette Podcast with Jonathan Kay and Ben Appel (November 20, 2025). Podcast #314: A Gay Author’s Escape from Cults, Drugs, Queer Radicalism, and ‘Scrupulosity.’ https://quillette.com/2025/11/30/podcast-314-a-gay-authors-escape-from-cults-drugs-queer-radicalism-and-scrupulosity/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL5tOou2t1c
The Unspeakable with Meghan Daum and Ben Appel (November 4, 2025). The Making of a Gender Heretic: Ben Appel on being cis, white, and gay. https://www.theunspeakablepodcast.com/p/the-making-of-a-gender-heretic
The Third Rail with Daniel Idfresne, Maud Maron, and Ben Appel (August 22, 2025). Episode 2: How We Became ‘Problematic.’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQtO_kkMskM
The Third Rail with Daniel Idfresne, Maud Maron, and Ben Appel (August 21, 2025). Episode 1: Russia Hoaxes and Mamdani Socialists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7dpRogJQM8
Queer Majority with Andrew Sullivan and Ben Appel (June 18, 2025). Andrew Sullivan & Ben Appel: On The Category Errors of Sexual Politics. https://queermajority.substack.com/cp/166270694
Queer Majority with Andrew Sullivan and Ben Appel (June 16, 2025). Andrew Sullivan & Ben Appel: The Category Errors of Sexual Politics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIy-af6mNqc
Ben Appel’s Podcast with Ben Appel and Pear Joseph (May 1, 2025). Podcast: Pear Joseph doesn’t give a f***. https://benappel.substack.com/p/episode-1-pear-joseph-doesnt-give
The Distance with Matt Osborne and Ben Appel (April 16, 2025). How Cis White Gay Ben Appel Beat His Social Justice Activism Habit. https://www.thedistancemag.com/p/how-cis-white-gay-ben-appel-beat-685 alt url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ob0axDXcZM
The Distance with Matt Osborne and Ben Appel (April 1, 2025). How Cis White Gay Ben Appel Beat His Social Justice Activism Habit. https://www.thedistancemag.com/cp/161402688
LGB Alliance with Eileen Gallagher, Julie Bindel, Cath Leng, Ben Appel and Simon Edge (November 16, 2024). Sounding The Alarm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_TpfWtObjs
Institute for Liberal Values / Queer Majority with “Rio Veradonir,” Wilfred Reilly, Iona Italia, “Phil Illy,” Jimmy Bangash, and Ben Appel (September 10, 2024). Liberalism in Practice: Wilfred Reilly, Ben Appel, Jimmy Bangash, and Phil Illy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W6thStKErI
Sky News / The Rita Panahi Show with Rita Panahi and Ben Appel (April 1, 2024). Number of children identifying as transgender has ‘skyrocketed.’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnOpM6Av2DY
Genspect with Benjamin Boyce, Pamela Paresky, Lisa Selin Davis, Ben Appel, and “Christina Buttons” (December 12, 2023).
Mainstream Media & Gender: A Genspect Panel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7v6RLJpojw
Genspect with Benjamin Boyce, Pamela Paresky, Lisa Selin Davis, Ben Appel, and “Christina Buttons” (November 25, 2023). What the Left Media WON’T Tell You About the Trans Movement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHQfd-sdTVQ
Heterodorx with Nina Paley, Corinna Cohn, and Ben Appel (June 29, 2023). Doin’ the 12-Step with Ben Appel. https://heterodorx.substack.com/p/doin-the-12-step-with-ben-appel-742
Sky News / The Rita Panahi Show with Rita Panahi and Ben Appel (May 20, 2023). ‘Maybe you do need to be fixed’: Ben Appel reveals trans ideology concerns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_NIdtV3F4Q
The Lou Perez Podcast with Lou Perez and Ben Appel (May 9, 2023). The Lou Perez Podcast Episode 71 – Ben Appel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPkRD5JIeB0
Heterodorx with Nina Paley, Corinna Cohn, and Ben Appel (September 20, 2022). The Parts We Play with Ben Appel. https://heterodorx.substack.com/p/the-parts-we-play-with-ben-appel-5c1
Julie Bindel’s Podcast with Julie Bindel and Ben Appel (June 12, 2022). An interview with Ben Appel. https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/an-interview-with-ben-appel
Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce and Ben Appel (May 24, 2022). The New Homophobia | with Ben Appel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhUOev9OFo0
HumanGayMale with James Paul Roberts and Ben Appel (May 11, 2022). Conversation with Ben Appel, 11th May 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM6W99t-yvs
Resources
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Queer Majority (queermajority.com)
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- queermajority.com/contributors-1/ben-appel
Washington Examiner (washingtonexaminer.com)
- Ben Appel
- washingtonexaminer.com/author/ben-appel
The Atlantic (theatlantic.com)
Quillette (quillette.com)
New York Post (nypost.com)
UnHerd (unherd.com)
Spiked (spiked-online.com)
Oren Amitay is a Canadian psychologist and anti-transgender activist involved in the gender critical movement.
Amitay was a member of the Pediatric and Adolescent Gender Dysphoria Working Group, a precursor to anti-trans hate groups Genspect and Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine. Amitay is a prominent “autogynephilia” activist.
Background
Oren Aaron Amitay was born in 1968, one of three children of artist Jonathan Isador Amitay and Anne Amitay. Amitay’s older adopted sibling died in 2022. Amitay earned a bachelor’s degree from University of Toronto, then attended York University, earning a master’s degree in 1999 and a doctorate in 2006. Since 2000, Amitay has taught at Ryerson University. Since 2008, Amitay has had a private clinical practice.
Amitay and spouse have three children.
Professional misconduct
According to Robert Cribb of the University of Toronto Investigative Journalism Bureau, Amitay “has been disciplined and found guilty of professional misconduct multiple times by professional governing bodies.”
In 2020, The College of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts of Ontario found Amitay to have practiced in a “disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional” manner:
A Hearing was held on August 24, 2020. The Discipline Committee panel made findings of professional misconduct with respect to Dr. Amitay’s failure to adhere to a Specified Continuing Education or Remediation Program (SCERP) ordered by the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee (ICRC). The panel found that Dr. Amitay engaged in conduct or performed an act, in the course of practising the profession, that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to section 1, paragraph 34 of the Professional Misconduct Regulation (O.Reg. 801/93).
The panel imposed an Order, which included a reprimand by video conference, that Dr. Amitay successfully complete the SCERP as ordered by the ICRC on December 23, 2015. The panel also ordered that Dr. Amitay complete a one-on-one course on governability and the role of members of a self governing profession. Finally, the panel ordered Dr. Amitay to pay Discipline hearing costs in the amount of $3500 within 30 days of the Discipline Committee’s order.
According to a 2024 investigative report by Cribb and coauthors, Amitay has been disciplined twice:
Before Toronto psychologist Amitay drew the ire of Indigenous patients and mental health advocates for his online posts, he ran afoul of his profession’s regulator.
Following complaints about a parenting capacity assessment Amitay conducted in a court case, the College of Psychologists ordered he undergo a remedial program in which he’d routinely check in with a peer mentor.
The college’s disciplinary committee had concluded Amitay’s assessment, particularly around allegations of sexual abuse, was not supported by “adequate and reliable information” and warned him to avoid “the appearance of bias.” He also faced criticism for continuing to conduct further assessments without informing children’s aid societies he had been ordered by the college to be mentored.
Amitay resisted, repeatedly expressing that there was nothing to be gained from such frequent mentorship sessions, which he denounced as punitive “babysitting,” according to an agreed statement of facts. In 2020, he was found guilty of professional misconduct for his “ “disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional” conduct in not complying with the mentorship program.
Amitay faced new allegations of professional misconduct before the college related to “conflicts of interest, appearance of bias, record-keeping, and consent,” according to a June 2024 finding. Although unable to reveal the specifics of the case, Amitay described it as an “exceptional situation.” In June, Amitay agreed to undergo peer coaching.
“I fully accept the college’s findings.”
The Real Reality
In 2014 Amitay was an executive producer at Straight Kill Films, founded by Matt Bennett and Matt Wells, supported by Sarah Dawley and Jit Lahiry.
Amitay hosted a podcast called The Real Reality from 2014 until 2017, focusing on men’s rights, evolutionary psychology, parenting, narcissism, and the intellectual dark web. Sample topics include:
- Episode 6: The Real Reality Behind (Research on) Sex, Love & Relationships
- Episode 12: The Real Reality Behind Critical Thinking, Social Justice Warriors & Milo Yiannopoulos
- Episode 15: The Real Reality Behind Big Pharma and Psychological/Psychiatric Disorders
- Episodes 16/17: The Real Reality Behind Narcissism (2 Parts)
- Episode 19: The Real Reality Behind the (Evolutionary) Psychology of Fear, and How This May Help Trump Win the 2016 US Election
- Episode 21: The Real Reality Behind Today’s Narcissism and Failure to Exemplify Responsibility and Respect for the Social Contract
- Episode 22: The Real Reality Behind the Need to Protect Free Speech and Human Rights for All and the Need to Promote Productive Discourse Between Differing “Groups”
- Episode 28: The Real Reality Behind Men’s Issues
- Episode 30: The Real Reality Behind the Genderization of Serious Societal Issues Such as Domestic Violence, as well as Ugly Social Media Tactics by Certain “Groups”
- Episode 34: The Real Reality Behind Dr. Jordan Peterson’s Incendiary Talk at Dr. Amitay’s Class
- Episode 35: The Real Reality Behind Dr. Jordan Peterson’s Meteoric Rise as Intellectual Leader of Critical Thinking (Lost Podcast from Nov. 2, 2016)
YouTube channel
In 2011, Amitay started a YouTube channel and posted there through 2018. The majority of guests were other anti-trans activists, as well as conservative trans people and “autogynephilia” activists.
- Jessica O’Reilly / Dr. Jess
- Charles Tendell
- Kaeley Triller
Anti-trans activism
In 2017 Amitay was involved in a controversy over transgender discussions on the Ontario Psychological Association (OPA) listserv. That year, an event titled “The Stifling of Free Speech on University Campuses” was cancelled. The event was to be moderated by Sarina Singh and featuring anti-trans activists Jordan Peterson, Gad Saad, Oren Amitay, and Faith Goldy.
In 2019 Amitay was suspended from Twitter for anti-trans posts. Amitay’s X account was reinstated under new owner Elon Musk.
Awake at the Wheel
In 2023, Amitay launched the podcast Awake at the Wheel with co-host Malini Ondrovcik. They did a five-part series on “the gender debate” and have had a number of guests who agree with them, including:
References
Clarke, Wendy-Ann; Keogh, Declan; Cribb, Robert; Thompson, Owen (November 1, 2024). A murder conviction. Sex with an ex-client. Defending residential schools. Critics are alarmed at background of therapists approved for Indigenous mental health program. Universiity of Toronto Investigative Journalism Bureau https://ijb.utoronto.ca/news/a-murder-conviction-sex-with-an-ex-client-defending-residential-schools-critics-are-alarmed-at-background-of-therapists-approved-for-indigenous-mental-health-program/
Xavier-Carter, Breanna (December 5, 2019). Ryerson psychology instructor faces allegations of misconduct. Ryersonian https://ryersonian.ca/ryerson-psychology-instructor-faces-allegations-of-misconduct/
CBC Radio (November 3, 2019). When it comes to boycotting opinions, ‘cancel culture’ is preventing dialogue from occurring: psychologist. CBC https://www.cbc.ca/radio/checkup/has-cancel-culture-gone-too-far-1.5344590/when-it-comes-to-boycotting-opinions-cancel-culture-is-preventing-dialogue-from-occurring-psychologist-1.5345798
Gallant, Jacques (October 15, 2019). Ontario psychologist completed assessments without children’s aids societies knowing he had been cautioned. Toronto Star https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/10/15/childrens-aid-societies-werent-told-psychologist-was-cautioned-and-ordered-to-have-mentor.html
Williams, Cristan (September 6, 2018). WPATH responds to Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria (ROGD). TransAdvocate https://www.transadvocate.com/wpath-responds-to-rapid-onset-gender-dysphoria-rogd_n_24661.htm
Editorial Board (November 11, 2017). Wilful blindness to Peterson’s antics verges on impunity. The Varsity https://thevarsity.ca/2017/11/11/wilful-blindness-to-petersons-antics-verges-on-impunity/
Coverage in anti-trans press
Brown, Jon (May 11, 2022). Rachel Levine’s claim all agree on ‘gender-affirming care’ is slammed by doctors ‘in hiding.’ Fox News https://www.foxnews.com/us/doctors-slam-levines-claim-gender-affirming-care-fear-speaking-in-hiding
Craig, James Porter (May 29, 2019). The Dramatic Rejection of Liberal Politics in Canada. The Crisis https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-dramatic-rejection-of-liberal-politics-in-canadian
Soh, Debra W. (August 28, 2017). The left is alienating its allies by shutting down free speech. CBC https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/ryerson-free-speech-1.4259360
Selected writing by Amitay
Amitay, Oren (September 17, 2019). Telling the truth on trans issues got me cancelled: one psychologist’s story. The Post Millennial https://thepostmillennial.com/telling-the-truth-on-trans-issues-got-me-cancelled-one-psychologists-story/
Amitay, Oren (2018). Complete narrative of DocAmitay’s OPA listserv history. http://docamitay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Complete_Narrative_of_DocAmitays_OPA_Listserv_History.pdf See also YouTube: 1 2 3 4 5
Amitay OA (2006). Supportive and undermining relational patterns in individuals vulnerable to major depression. [PhD dissertation] https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item?id=NR19829&op=pdf&app=Library&oclc_number=300580569
Amitay OA (1999) Introjected parental perceptions and choice of romantic partners in dependents and self-critics. [Master’s thesis] https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item?id=MQ56159&op=pdf&app=Library&oclc_number=1006984997
Selected media
Awake at the Wheel with Malini Ondrovcik, Oren Amitay, and Eric Kaufmann (October 22, 2025). Cancel Me If You Can: Eric Kaufmann on Ideology, Power & Free Speech. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eafwi9tZZJg
Awake at the Wheel with Malini Ondrovcik, Oren Amitay, “Lynn Chadwick,” and Michelle Mackness (October 8, 2025). Navigating the Detransition Landscape. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyCQ-5bF2RU
Awake at the Wheel with Malini Ondrovcik, Oren Amitay, and Mia Hughes (September 17, 2025). Why Gender Activism Without Evidence Is A Recipe For Disaster. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7p2XSEWYIg
Awake at the Wheel with Malini Ondrovcik, Oren Amitay, and Stephanie Winn (September 10, 2025). What’s Really Happening With Gender Identity in 2025? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V21R2z9Pgz0
Awake at the Wheel with Malini Ondrovcik, Oren Amitay, and Melanie Bennet (June 18, 2025). Framing Family as Harmful: What’s Really Happening in Our Schools? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFRVDR_TXy8
Awake at the Wheel with Malini Ondrovcik, Oren Amitay, and Helen Pluckrose (June 11, 2025). Can We Save Liberalism? Helen Pluckrose on the Fight for Reason. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4iibybvy6A
Awake at the Wheel with Malini Ondrovcik, Oren Amitay, and Barbara Kay (May 14, 2025). Barbara Kay: Reflections on Anti-Semitism and Identity Politics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ADCX9MlSPA
Awake at the Wheel with Malini Ondrovcik, Oren Amitay, and Dina McMillan (March 5, 2025). Unmasking Manipulation & Bias: Dr Dina McMillan on Abuse, DEI, and Empowerment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfAWByybP3o
Awake at the Wheel with Malini Ondrovcik, and Leigh Revers (November 27, 2024). Is Academia Broken by Gender Politics? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV541Jc2DEo
Awake at the Wheel with Malini Ondrovcik, Oren Amitay, and David Millard Haskell (March 13, 2024). Dissenting Dialogues: David Millard Haskell on DEI, Freedom of Expression, and Societal Shifts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzWOipZvxI0
Awake at the Wheel with Malini Ondrovcik, Oren Amitay, and Warren Smith (March 6, 2024). Unpacking Critical Thinking: Can Questions Change the World? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THMEd00MwT4
Awake at the Wheel with Malini Ondrovcik, Oren Amitay, and Chanel Pfahl (November 29, 2023). Standing Up in Education: Chanel Pfahl’s Crusade Against Ideology | Awake at the Wheel Ep 39. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LjLNrsl2zQ
Awake at the Wheel with Malini Ondrovcik, Oren Amitay, “Taylor Reece,” and Brandon Showalter (September 20, 2023). Exploring Transgender Identities: A Look Inside ‘Dead Name’ Documentary | Awake at the Wheel Ep 29. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UDW5RxyT6U
Awake at the Wheel with Malini Ondrovcik, Oren Amitay, and “Phil Illy” (June 21, 2023). Autoheterosexual Pt 1: Redefining Autogynephilia | Awake at the Wheel | Phil Illy | Ep 16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmU3a-PcYS0
Awake at the Wheel with Malini Ondrovcik and Oren Amitay (June 12, 2023). The Pronoun Puzzle | Awake at the Wheel | Ep 19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8sl0QMi3YI
Awake at the Wheel with Malini Ondrovcik and Oren Amitay (May 3, 2023). The Gender Debate Part 1: Ignoring the truth won’t make it go away | Awake at the Wheel | Ep 9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAQM7FeQ-T4
Logan Fizzle with Oren Amitay (December 26, 2022). The Opportunity Cost of Gender Affirming Care with Dr. Oren Amitay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kPPaJ4o5mc
Logan Fizzle / Headway with Brian Russman and Oren Amitay (March 27, 2021). A Conversation with Dr. Oren Amitay on transgender issues. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fMDzwO5kg8
Sorting Myself Out with Mercury Black and Oren Amitay (April 26, 2020). Discussing Cancel Culture and Transgender Issues with Dr. Oren Amitay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNOTtQ7rNEM
DocAmitay with “Suzanna Diaz” (Mar 25, 2018). Who is Helping “Trans” and Gender Non-Conforming Kids? Not Who You Think… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxVm3tzdxF0
DocAmitay with “Suzanna Diaz” (March 21, 2018). The Harmful Reality Behind Trans Ideology That No One Wants to Admit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KsfAljD2Oc
DocAmitay with Robert Withers and Miranda Yardley (March 8, 2018). Turning Trans Mythology & Trans “Activism” on Their Heads and Inside Out… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz1nq87wUQA
Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce and Oren Amitay (January 17, 2019). The Ailments of Activism | with Doc Amitay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0b3c7qEzIA
The Dissenter with Ricardo Lopes and Oren Amitay (February 2, 2018). #1 Oren Amitay: Portuguese Bills on Transgender Rights | Projetos de lei de direitos trans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0QUVkJjnYU
DocAmitay with Ray Blanchard (December 28, 2017). Is *This* Kind of Conversion Okay? Dr. Blanchard Puts *Truth* Back into Trans Issues, ex, Dr. Zucker. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSAKHSj5m1U
DocAmitay with Ray Blanchard (December 21, 2017). Are *you* a Blanchophobe? I dare you to watch the *truth* behind Dr. Blanchard & Trans issues. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD9H2QAg7N8
Sunny Mills with Oren Amitay (December 6, 2017). Oren Amitay Transgender People from a Psychologist´s Perspective – The Best Documentary Ever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ0eTsylsl0
DocAmitay with Stephanie Davies-Arai and Lisa Marchiano (December 3, 2017). How to *Really* Help Trans Children. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AboihXXHKuw
The Saad Truth with Gad Saad, Oren Amitay, and Jordan Peterson (November 30, 2017). Jordan Peterson and Oren Amitay at the Toronto Free Speech Event (THE SAAD TRUTH_553). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAfs_Wj7VHY
DocAmitay with Alice Dreger (November 30, 2017). Dr. Dreger Discusses the Balls on that Michael Bailey, and the Ins & Outs of Trans/Gender Issues. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud6Lb8GLlMg
Free Bird Media with Alex Van Hamme and Oren Amitay (November 29, 2017). Differences between autogynephilic and homosexual transexuals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UXE1zpgvQg
Free Bird Media with Alex Van Hamme and Oren Amitay (November 28, 2017). Dr. Oren Amitay explains what gender dysphoria is to FBM. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiYVReadRUw
DocAmitay (November 8, 2017). Hey, *Extreme* Trans Activists! Have you Ever Thought of THESE People? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLQCxBjgLrQ
DocAmitay with James Cantor (November 6, 2017). Dr. James Cantor’s Revolutionary Theory on Transgender People, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3Ub65CwiRI
DocAmitay with J.A. Brown (October 27, 2018). Apparently Not ALL (Formerly) Autogynephilic Trans People Hate Me or Science/Facts/Reality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHLPk1JrPzQ
DocAmitay with J. Michael Bailey (May 24, 2017). Hard Science: The Measure of All Things Natural w/Dr. J Michael Bailey. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRKmJtKjEqE
Jordan B Peterson with Oren Amitay (March 27, 2017). 2017/03/27: Dr. Oren Amitay and the Ontario Psychological Association. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K6sWYLpaVA
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Benjamin Ryan is an American writer and anti-transgender activist.
Ryan criticizes healthcare for trans and gender diverse youth. Ryan frequently supports other anti-trans colleagues like Dan Savage, Jesse Singal, Jon Kay, and Jennifer Block as objective experts covering trans issues.
Ryan also supports sexologist and anti-transgender activist Kenneth Zucker, believing Singal’s version of why Zucker was fired in 2015. In 2023, Ryan began pitching a piece seeking “physicians who might have misgivings about the gender-affirming care model, or who otherwise have theories about why we have seen such a recent surge in trans-identifying young people.”
Background
Benjamin R. “Ben” Ryan was born on June 3, 1978 to Sara “Sally” Stubbs Ryan (1944–1999), an educator, and John A. Ryan, Jr. (born ~1943) a general surgeon. Ryan has two siblings. Ryan attended The Bush School, an elite private school in Seattle, graduating in 1997, then earned a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University in 2001. Ryan volunteered with the Northwest AIDS Foundation and New York’s Gay Health Advocacy Project prior to beginning a writing career.
Ryan has written for The New York Sun, New York Post, Sensible Medicine, The Atlantic, The Guardian, The New York Times, Washington Post, Ryan wrote for Jesse Singal at New York magazine.
Ryan has also written for Gay.com, HIV Plus, Gilt City, Smart + Strong, The New York Observer, NBC News, Thomson Reuters Foundation, The Nation, New York, The Marshall project, PBS, The Village Voice, Money, Men’s Journal, City & State, Out, and The Advocate. Ryan’s earlier work focuses on HIV, viral hepatitis, mpox, COVID-19, and cancer.
Ryan has been a guest on Sirius Satellite Radio, NPR, iHeart Radio’s Daily Dive, Dan Savage’s Savage Love podcast, Owen Jones’ podcast, and NBC News Now.
2023 pitch attacking gender affirming care
On April 14, 2023, Harvard lawyer Alejandra Caraballo revealed that Ryan was working on a story attacking trans healthcare for youth, writing:
“The New York Times and Benjamin Ryan are writing another transphobic hit piece looking for providers who “have misgivings about gender affirming care.” Providers and advocates should ignore any outreach or requests for comment from Ryan as he is another Jesse Singal.”
Caraballo included the text of Ryan’s inquiry:
From: Benjamin Ryan
Date: Thu, Apr 6, 2023
Subject: New York Times article on how pediatricians are responding to rising rates of trans youth
I am writing an article for the New York Times about how pediatricians, family practitioners, psychologists and other front-line physicians who care for broad populations of children and adolescents are responding to the rising numbers of trans-identifying youths. What has it been like for these health care providers to care for such young people of late?
For one, I am interested in covering this subject from the perspective of a newly fractured legal landscape, in which various states have banned the treatment of gender dysphoria in minors with puberty blockers and hormones. What is it like for health care providers to care for trans-identifying kids in these states?
I am also interested in hearing from physicians who might have misgivings about the gender-affirming care treatment model, or who otherwise have theories about why we have seen such a recent surge in trans-identifying young people.
I would greatly appreciate your help in finding physicians for me to speak with. (Note that this article is not focusing on gender-care specialists.) I know this is a highly sensitive topic. So while I would prefer to get sources on the record, I am more than happy to accommodate anyone’s requests for anonymity.
Thanks very much for your help and your time.
All the best,
Ben Ryan
Benjamin Ryan
benryan.net
(917) [redacted]
Follow me on Twitter:
twitter.com/benryanwriter
Because the New York Times handles all anti-trans content in-house now, Ryan published a different piece for NBC News instead on June 23, 2023. Ryan’s published piece has no mention of physicians who might have misgivings about the gender-affirming care treatment model.
Ryan told Jesse Singal:
“I sent that email and other versions of it to over 200 doctors and press reps at medical institutions. I asked people to send it to others and to email it to listservs. I knew very well that it would probably end up on Twitter and that Alejandra would post it. So I am fine with it being out there.”
Author and journalism professor Steven Thrasher minced no words in condemning Ryan:
- Benjamin Ryan is a bad repoter, a bad writer and seems like a bad person and I encourage no one to cooperate with him on this, or any, story. Yesterday, there were horrific anti-trans stories in Wyoming, Nebraska and Missouri. Fuck the NYT & Ben Ryan for seeking “misgivings.”
- I don’t like to bring up my day job bc it causes headaches but I’ll do so here bc it’s so important: as the holder of the 1st journalism professorship to focus on LGBTQ issues, much of Ben’s work—and this piece specifically—is dangerous to the wellness of LGBTQ people.
- I have a big piece in edits now in Scientific American about this matter, which shows how bad this type of “journalism” is. The Times & Ryan have no business shaking the trees to elevate some doctor, somewhere who is opposed to scientific consensus abt the benefit of transcare.
- It’s like the NYT looking for a physicist who doesn’t believe in gravity or a oceanographer who doesn’t believe in climate change. Such cranks or bigots ain’t news, and the Times should be ashamed of elevating lone voices out of step w medical and scientific consensus.
- It is always mediocre, know nothing white dudes (Singal, Chait, Ryan) who NY mag and the NYT are like “Yes, YES, that’s the person! That’s the voice we NEED! No MD? No MPH? No PhD? Hated by and not a part of the community he’s writing about? But he’s white? Commission HIM!!!”
- Same guy. And he even stole that from someone else, I believe. (He was noticed by several of us before that for his bad, dishonestly framed reporting prior to that…if I remember right he seemed to steal that joke to try to get attention, which is all he wants.)
- A very Times-speak form or grotesque “reasoning.” I would say ignore this troll. But he’s too dangerous. He’s in the stable of big commissions and when the Times or NY mag or Guardian or whoever commission him, they put a LIBERAL stamp of approval on transphobia…
- …much as the fucking Biden administration put a big liberal stamp of approval on transphobia
- Benjamin Ryan is a bad repoter of HIV/AIDS, Covid, queer history, and transcare. He is not the “enfant terrible” “only person who will speak to power” crusading journalist he wants anyone to think he is.
- He’s just a bad reporter, but one who gets commissioned bc of editors who are homophobic, transphobic and ableist.
- Also, for all its evil, like most things, there is something to be learned in Ryan’s email. It’s a good insight into what I forbid my students to do – trying to “reverse engineer” a story.
- Don’t go looking to find sources that will support the story you’ve already decided to tell. Or fish purposefully for a contrarian “character.” LISTEN. STUDY. And as you see patterns, let the story find you. Don’t just say “Can I find one physicist who will say gravity’s bunk?”
Substack
In 2023, Ryan began a Substack newsletter, later named Hazard Ratio. Between its founding and the end of 2025, about 95% of posts were about trans topics, typically promoting anti-trans activists, defending other anti-trans journalists, or criticizing trans people and their supporters.
Fox Varian lawsuit
In 2026, Ryan was one of two anti-trans reporters who covered the lawsuit brought by ex-trans activist Fox Varian. After Varian was awarded $2 million in the jury trial, Ryan put the court documents behind a paywall. They are available for free here.
After publishing a piece about the case in the Free Press, Ryan was also brought on CBS News, both owned by Paramount and edited by anti-trans activist Bari Weiss. The anchor noted, “And we should mention also that it is a very small number of people who do end up detransitioning, right?” Ryan claimed, “The numbers are unknown. Maybe 5 to 10%, but there’s not enough research for us to really be able to tell at this time.” Ryan later stated this range was based on statements by Kinnon MacKinnon, who provided that range to Azeen Ghorayshi in the New York Times. MacKinnon based this range on two studies that found higher rates than a 2025 monograph which found 2.5% (9/377) of early-identifying trans youths reverted in the way Varian did. The first, co-authored by anti-trans activist Susan Bewley in 2021, found 16% (8/48) stopped hormones voluntarily. The second from 2022 found that 8% (90/1089) with known outcomes ceased identifying as gender variant.
The answer Ryan should have given on CBS: “Detransition” like Varian’s is unusual. Based on a 2025 longitudinal study of 377 trans youth, the rate was 2.5%. For surgical regret like Varian’s, the limited data is even lower. A 2018 Cornell University analysis found that in 27 studies totaling 7,928 surgery patients, the pooled regret rate was about 1%.
Ryan noted that “I’ve been inundated with requests from right-wing outlets.” Those include Newsmax, Blocked and Reported with Katie Herzog, The Unspeakable with Meghan Daum, Some Kind of Therapist with Stephanie Winn, The Dan Caplis Show with Dan Caplis, and The Megyn Kelly Show with Megyn Kelly.
References
Steinsiek, Alyssa (May 7, 2024). Ben Ryan Rages at Me on Twitter. Assigned Media https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/ben-ryan-rages-at-me
Steinsiek, Alyssa (May 6, 2024). Ben Ryan Rages at Trans Women on Twitter. Assigned Media https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/ben-ryan-rages-at-trans-women
Anti-trans coverage
Strack, Haley (January 31, 2026). Jury Awards Detransitioner $2 Million in Historic Medical-Malpractice Lawsuit. National Review https://www.nationalreview.com/news/jury-awards-detransitioner-2-million-in-historic-medical-malpractice-lawsuit/
Harding, Amber (February 2, 2026). Detransitioner Wins $2 Million Lawsuit Against Doctors Who Pushed Her Mastectomy As A Minor. OutKick https://www.outkick.com/analysis/detransitioner-wins-2-million-lawsuit-doctors-mastectomy-minor
Singal, Jesse (April 25, 2023). On Alejandra Caraballo vs. Benjamin Ryan vs. Steven Thrasher. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/on-alejandra-caraballo-vs-benjamin
Deleted tweets
Ryan frequently defends other anti-trans writers, particularly on Twitter (now X). Some of Ryan’s deleted tweets are preserved as part of this profile.
Selected writing by Ryan
Ryan, Benjamin (February 6, 2026). Watch My Substack Live with Katie Herzog. Plus: On the Hypocrisy Of Dr. Blair Peters, aka “Queer Surgeon,” Griping About the ASPS’s Opposition to Pediatric Gender Surgeries…. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/watch-my-substack-live-with-katie
Ryan, Benjamin (February 5, 2026). The Sealed Case Files From the $2 Million Detransitioner Lawsuit, Part III. Plus, An Update On Upcoming Cases. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/the-sealed-case-files-from-the-2
Ryan, Benjamin (February 4, 2026). The $2M Detransitioner Lawsuit Case File Remains Sealed. Here Are the Sealed Expert Witness Affidavits, Which I Obtained. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/the-2m-detransitioner-lawsuit-case
Ryan, Benjamin (February 2, 2026). The $2 Million Detransitioner Lawsuit Case File Is Sealed. But I Have Those Records. Here Are Some Of Them. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/the-2-million-detransitioner-lawsuit
Ryan, Benjamin (February 1, 2026). A Legal First That Could Change Gender Medicine. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/a-legal-first-that-could-change-gender
Ryan, Benjamin (January 8, 2026). Journalists Should Not Use the Term “Assigned Sex at Birth” When Covering Transgender Issues. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/journalists-should-not-use-the-term
Ryan, Benjamin (January 2, 2026). “There Is a Vast Over-Inflation of What Testosterone Does”: a Kinesiologist Casts Doubt on Sex-Based Athletic Differences. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/there-is-a-vast-over-inflation-of
Ryan, Benjamin (December 18, 2025). Hospitals Giving Gender Treatments to Kids Would Lose Federal Funding Under New HHS Rule. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/hospitals-giving-gender-treatments-to-kids
Ryan, Benjamin (December 12, 2025). Newsweek Peddles ‘Elite Misinformation’ About Gender Treatments for Kids. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/newsweek-peddles-elite-misinformation-about
Ryan, Benjamin (November 28, 2025). Suicidality Dropped After Youths Started Cross-Sex Hormones Finds Study That Critics Call Weak. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/suicidality-declined-after-youths
Ryan, Benjamin (November 21, 2025). UK to Launch Long-Awaited Puberty Blocker Trial. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/uks-nhs-to-launch-long-awaited-puberty
Ryan, Benjamin (November 19, 2025). Unmasked At Last: The 9 Authors of the Trump Administration Report On Pediatric Gender Medicine. So Who Are They? Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/unmasked-at-last-the-9-authors-of
Ryan, Benjamin (November 5, 2025). Detransitioner Lawsuit Against Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy Is Dismissed. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/detransitioner-lawsuit-against-dr
Ryan, Benjamin (November 4, 2025). Fact Checking Erin Reed’s Faith in the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Hate Map, Part 1 of 2. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/fact-checking-erin-reeds-piece-about
Ryan, Benjamin (October 14, 2025). No, the Data Hasn’t Shown that ‘Transgenderism Is Effectively Over,’ as Matt Walsh Trumpeted. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/no-the-data-hasnt-shown-that-transgenderism
Ryan, Benjamin (October 10, 2025). What Internal Emails Reveal About Dr. Gordon Guyatt’s Retreat From His Own Research. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/what-internal-emails-reveal-about
Ryan, Benjamin (October 1, 2025). Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy, Controversial Gender Doctor, Starts New Job at Pasadena Gender Clinic. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/dr-johanna-olson-kennedy-controversial
Ryan, Benjamin (September 25, 2025). Most Americans Don’t Think Minors Should Have Access to Gender-Transition Treatment. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/most-americans-dont-think-minors
Ryan, Benjamin (September 16, 2025). “If I’m a funding body, I would think twice about engaging with McMaster.” A Coauthor of Reviews of Pediatric Gender Medicine Reflects On the Fallout. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/if-im-a-funding-body-i-would-think
Ryan, Benjamin (September 4, 2025). How Gordon Guyatt’s ‘Values and Preferences’ Triggered His Fall From Grace. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/how-gordon-guyatts-values-and-preferences
Ryan, Benjamin (September 3, 2025). The taming of a gender researcher: Activists targeted Gordon Guyatt’s promising field. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2025/09/the-taming-of-a-gender-researcher/
Ryan, Benjamin (August 13, 2025). First Glimpse of 4-Year Follow-Up Data In Major Study of Youth on Cross-Sex Hormones. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/first-glimpse-of-4-year-follow-up
Ryan, Benjamin (August 8, 2025). Leading Trans Litigator Debates Andrew Sullivan about pediatric gender medicine, and I respond. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/leading-trans-litigator-debates-andrew
Ryan, Benjamin (July 30, 2025). England to Launch Large Observational Study Of Gender-Incongruent Kids. Hazard Ratio
Ryan, Benjamin (July 29, 2025). ‘Heightened Scrutiny’ Scapegoats The New York Times For the ACLU’s Loss In Skrmetti. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/heightened-scrutiny-scapegoats-the
Ryan, Benjamin (July 20, 2025). Leaked Gender-Affirmative Training, Part 6: Doubting the Need For Distress. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/leaked-gender-affirmative-training-8b2
Ryan, Benjamin (July 18, 2025). A 2nd Major Children’s Hospital—in DC—Will Cease Offering Gender-Transition Treatments. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/a-2nd-major-childrens-hospitalin
Ryan, Benjamin (July 10, 2025). Dr. Rachel Levine Denies Having Pressured WPATH to Remove Age Limits on Minors’ Gender Treatments. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/dr-rachel-levine-denies-having-pressured
Ryan, Benjamin (July 9, 2025). Justice Dept. Seeks to “Take Down” Pediatric Gender Medicine, Issues Raft of Subpoenas. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/justice-dept-seeks-to-take-down-pediatric
Ryan, Benjamin (June 24, 2025). “Insidious”: The ACLU’s Chase Strangio Slams The New York Times In Leaked Audio. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/insidious-the-aclus-chase-strangio
Ryan, Benjamin (June 22, 2025). Breakout New York Mayoral Contender Zohran Mamdani Wants To Spend $65 Million on Medical Gender Treatments for Minors and Adults. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/breakout-new-york-mayoral-contender-zohran-mamdani-wants-to-spend-65-million-on-medical-gender-treatments-for-minors-and-adults
Ryan, Benjamin (June 18, 2025). Supreme Court Ruling on Gender Treatments for Minors Is Major Blow to Transgender Movement, but Could Be Narrower Than Trump Administration Hopes. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/supreme-courts-decision-to-uphold-state-ban-on-medical-gender-transitions-for-minors-is-a-devastating-loss-for-transgender-people-aclu-says
Ryan, Benjamin (June 17, 2025). Suppressing Puberty Not Tied to Higher Sexual Dysfunction in Trans Adults, Small Study Finds. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/suppressing-puberty-not-tied-to-higher
Ryan, Benjamin (June 12, 2025). Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy’s Pediatric Gender Clinic Is Shutting Down. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/dr-johanna-olson-kennedys-pediatric
Ryan, Benjamin (June 6, 2025). Long-Awaited Puberty Blockers Study Is Out In Pre-Print, Finding No Change In Kids’ Mental Health. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/long-awaited-puberty-blockers-study
Ryan, Benjamin (May 30, 2025). Yes, We Need Both the Term “Biological Sex” and the Word “Cisgender.” Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/yes-we-need-both-the-term-biological
Ryan, Benjamin (May 21, 2025). Leaked American Psychiatric Association Conference Session, Part II: The Skeptics Speak. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/leaked-american-psychiatric-association
Ryan, Benjamin (May 20, 2025). LEAKED: Secret American Psychiatric Association Speeches On Pediatric Gender Medicine. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/leaked-secret-american-psychiatric
Ryan, Benjamin (May 11, 2025). How Cancel Culture Is Still Coming For Me. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/how-cancel-culture-is-still-coming
Ryan, Benjamin (May 2, 2025). How Common Is Detransitioning? Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/how-common-is-detransitioning
Ryan, Benjamin (May 1, 2025). The effort to discredit HHS’s massive report on pediatric gender medicine is fast underway. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/the-effort-to-discredit-hhss-massive
Ryan, Benjamin (April 25, 2025). Leaked Gender-Affirmative Training Videos, Part 5: Olson-Kennedy On Trans People Meeting Cis Expectations. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/leaked-gender-affirmative-training-017
Ryan, Benjamin (April 11, 2025). Leaked Gender-Affirmative Training Videos, Part 4: Trans Children’s Identity Evolution. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/leaked-gender-affirmative-training-6f0
Ryan, Benjamin (March 25, 2025). Leaked Gender-Affirmative Training Videos, Part 3: The Parents’ Path to Acceptance. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/leaked-gender-affirmative-training
Ryan, Benjamin (March 19, 2025). LEAKED: Trans-Care Training Video By Dr. Olson-Kennedy, Part 2. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/leaked-trans-care-training-video
Ryan, Benjamin (March 18, 2025). The UK Will Spend $13.9 Million On a Puberty Blocker Study—But to What End? Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/the-uk-will-spend-139-million-on
Ryan, Benjamin (March 18, 2025). UK Plans Landmark Study on Puberty-Blockers’ Effect on Children With Gender Distress: Critics Express Doubt It Will Advance the Weak Evidence Base. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/uk-plans-landmark-study-on-puberty-blockers-effect-on-children-with-gender-distress-critics-express-doubt-it-will-advance-the-weak-evidence-base
Ryan, Benjamin (March 12, 2025). LEAKED: Trans-Care Training Videos By Beleaguered Top Gender-Clinic Doctor, Part 1. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/leaked-trans-care-training-videos
Ryan, Benjamin (March 10, 2025). Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to State Conversion Therapy Ban. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/supreme-court-to-hear-challenge-to
Ryan, Benjamin (March 6, 2025). Trump Claimed the NIH Spent $8 Million ‘Making Mice Transgender,’ Which Is Actually Partly True. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/trump-claimed-the-nih-spent-8-million
Ryan, Benjamin (February 25, 2025). Why I Use Trans People’s Preferred Pronouns. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/why-i-use-trans-peoples-preferred
Ryan, Benjamin (February 10, 2025). $544,000-a-Year, Nonbinary ACLU Executive Makes Incorrect Claims About Pediatric Gender Medicine: Will This Impact Landmark Supreme Court Case? New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/544000-per-year-newly-nonbinary-aclu-deputy-makes-incorrect-claims-about-pediatric-gender-medicine-will-this-impact-the-landmark-supreme-court-case
Ryan, Benjamin (February 8, 2025). Leaked: LGBTQ Groups’ Memo On Combatting Trump’s Attack On Pediatric Gender Medicine. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/leaked-lgbtq-groups-memo-on-combatting
Ryan, Benjamin (February 5, 2025). Trump Signs Order Barring Trans Females From Girls’ & Women’s Sports. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/trump-signs-order-barring-trans-females
Ryan, Benjamin (February 8, 2025). Trump’s Justice Department Won’t Pull Out of Supreme Court Case About Gender Treatments for Minors, Paving Way for Landmark Decision. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/trumps-justice-department-wont-pull-out-of-supreme-court-case-about-gender-treatments-for-minors-paving-way-for-landmark-decision
Ryan, Benjamin (January 26, 2025). Gender Dysphoria Surges 50-Fold In English Kids From 2011 to 2021. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/gender-dysphoria-surges-50-fold-in
Ryan, Benjamin (January 23, 2025). New Research Raises More Doubts About Safety and Benefits of Gender Transition Treatments for Minors. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/new-research-raises-more-doubts-about-safety-and-benefits-of-gender-transition-treatments-for-minors
Ryan, Benjamin (January 20, 2025). Trump Signs Executive Order “Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to Federal Government.” Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/trump-signs-executive-order-defending
Ryan, Benjamin (January 18, 2025). Most Americans Don’t Support Top Trans-Activist Goals, NYT Poll Finds. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/most-americans-dont-support-top-trans
Ryan, Benjamin (January 8, 2025). Fact Checking Claims About Pediatric Gender Medicine By The Majority Report’s Sam Seder. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/fact-checking-claims-about-pediatric
Ryan, Benjamin (January 6, 2025). 1 in 1,000 Privately Insured 17-Year-Olds Were Taking Cross-Sex Hormones Prior to State Bans. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/1-in-1000-privately-insured-17-year
Ryan, Benjamin (December 29, 2024). ACLU Deputy With $543,500 Salary Issues Many False Or Misleading Claims About Pediatric Gender Medicine. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/aclu-deputy-with-543500-salary-issues
Ryan, Benjamin (December 20, 2024). Department of Education Withdraws Proposed Rules On Single-Sex Sports Participation By Gender Identity. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/department-of-education-withdraws
Ryan, Benjamin (December 13, 2024). It Is Wrong to Call For the Murder of Journalists. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/it-is-wrong-to-call-for-the-murder
Ryan, Benjamin (December 6, 2024). Detransitioner Sues Johanna Olson-Kennedy, a Top Pediatric Gender Medicine Doctor, For Medical Negligence. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/detransitioner-sues-johanna-olson
Ryan, Benjamin (December 4, 2024). Supreme Court Appears Likely To Uphold State Law Banning Gender Treatments for Minors: Ruling Would Deal a Major Blow to Transgender Activists. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/supreme-court-appears-likely-to-uphold-state-law-banning-gender-treatments-for-minors-ruling-would-deal-a-major-blow-to-transgender-activists
Ryan, Benjamin (December 1, 2024). On the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Faulty Brief to the Supreme Court About Gender-Care Bans. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/on-the-american-academy-of-pediatrics
Ryan, Benjamin; Lipfert, Colton (November 21, 2024). Pediatric Gender Medicine – Lipfert replies, Ryan responds. Sensible Medicine https://www.sensible-med.com/cp/152022263
Ryan, Benjamin (November 18, 2024). Sexual Dysfunction Is Common In Trans People Who Have Had Gender-Transition Surgery. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/sexual-dysfunction-is-common-in-trans
Ryan, Benjamin (November 12, 2024). How An Inability to Clearly Define ‘Sex’ vs. ‘Gender’ Has Left Democrats In a Mess. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/how-an-inability-to-clearly-define
Ryan, Benjamin (November 9, 2024). Avatars of Dem Alienation: Liberal Parents Wary About Their Kids’ Trans Identities. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/avatars-of-dem-alienation-liberal
Ryan, Benjamin (October 31, 2024). ‘Shocking’ and ‘Reckless’: Top Gender Clinic Assesses Children for Gender-Altering Medical Treatments in Just 2 Hours, Lawsuit Lays Bare. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/shocking-and-reckless-top-gender-clinic-assesses-children-for-gender-altering-medical-treatments-in-just-2-hours-lawsuit-lays-bare
Ryan, Benjamin (October 26, 2024). Pediatric Gender Medicine: Dispatches From a Deceptive Medical Field. Sensible Medicine https://www.sensible-med.com/cp/150760872
Ryan, Benjamin (October 21, 2024). High Rate Of Satisfaction With Gender-Transition Treatment In Adolescents Who Socially Transitioned Very Young, Study Finds. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/high-rate-of-satisfaction-with-gender
Ryan, Benjamin (October 17, 2024). “A Radical Gender Activist”—Texas Sues Pediatrician, Alleging Violations of Ban On Pediatric Gender-Transition Treatment. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/a-radical-gender-activisttexas-sues
Ryan, Benjamin (October 9, 2024). Gender Doctors In Blue States Pulled Back On Prescribing Transition Medications to Minors in 2023. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/gender-doctors-in-blue-states-pulled
Ryan, Benjamin (October 8, 2024). At Least 14,000 U.S. Minors Have Received Gender-Transition Treatment or Surgeries In 5 Years, With Docs Billing $120 million. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/at-least-14000-us-minors-have-received
Ryan, Benjamin (September 29, 2024). “Stop transing gay kids!” Biden Admin Health Official Rachel Levine Interrupted By Protester During Pediatrics Conference Keynote In Orlando. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/stop-transing-gay-kids-biden-admin
Ryan, Benjamin (September 27, 2024). The AAP Files: Inside Feud Within American Academy of Pediatrics, Torn Over Transgender Issues, About Group’s Decision To Hold Meeting in ‘Anti-LGBTQ’ Florida of Ron DeSantis. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/the-aap-files-inside-feud-within-american-academy-of-pediatrics-torn-over-transgender-issues-about-groups-decision-to-hold-meeting-in-anti-lgbtq-florida-of-ron-desantis
Ryan, Benjamin (September 18, 2024). New Evidence Challenges Institutionalized Belief That Transgender Teens Become Transgender Adults, Undermining Core Defense of Medical Gender Transitions for Minors. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/new-evidence-challenges-institutionalized-belief-that-transgender-teens-become-transgender-adults-undermining-core-defense-of-medical-gender-transitions-for-minors
Ryan, Benjamin (September 17, 2024). Association of Health Care Journalists Makes Extensive Changes to Faulty Primer On Transgender Medicine Reporting, But Flaws Remain. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/association-of-health-care-journalists
Ryan, Benjamin (September 16, 2024). Controversial Gender Researchers Launch Long-Term Study of Gender Dysphoric Youth and Their Parents. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/controversial-gender-researchers
Ryan, Benjamin (September 14, 2024). The Association of Health Care Journalists Has Published a Highly Misleading Primer on Covering Transgender Medicine. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/the-association-of-health-care-journalists
Ryan, Benjamin (September 6, 2024). Top Plastic Surgeon Won’t Commit to Opposing Bans of Gender-Transition Treatment For Minors, Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/top-plastic-surgeon-wont-commit-to
Ryan, Benjamin (August 23, 2024). How Harvard Teed Up the False Claim That the ‘Vast Majority of Minors Getting Gender-Affirming Surgeries Are Cis Kids.’ Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/how-harvard-teed-up-the-false-claim
Ryan, Benjamin (August 20, 2024). ‘Rubbish’—Finland’s Top Pediatric Gender Psychiatrist Derides Exposé Claiming Her Clinic Provided Shoddy, Cruel Care. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/rubbishfinlands-top-pediatric-gender
Ryan, Benjamin (August 9, 2024). Ohio Court Is Latest to Back State Bans on Gender-Transition Treatments for Minors, as Supreme Court Prepares To Hear Landmark Tennessee Case. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/ohio-court-is-latest-to-back-state-bans-on-gender-transition-treatments-for-minors-as-supreme-court-prepares-to-hear-landmark-tennessee-case
Ryan, Benjamin (August 9, 2024). Cass Review Author Denounces As ‘Baseless’ And ‘Cynical’ Dissidents’ Claim That She Touted Abigail Shrier’s Scathing Polemic On Trans Kids. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/cass-review-author-denounces-as-baseless
Ryan, Benjamin (August 7, 2024). England’s National Health Service Issues Ambitious Plan to Implement Cass Review: Even as the British Medical Association has called for a pause on such implementation, Hazard Ratio
Ryan, Benjamin (August 2, 2024). From the Face of Pediatric Gender Medicine Comes a Quietly Radical Manifesto. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/from-the-face-of-pediatric-gender-medicine-comes-a-quietly-radical-manifesto
Ryan, Benjamin (July 19, 2024). Pennsylvania Psychological Association forbids any mention on its professional listserv of Britain’s Cass Review. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/pennsylvania-psychological-association
Ryan, Benjamin (July 10, 2024). ‘Damning’ Information About Trans Medical Group Expected To Reach Supreme Court, as Justices Consider Challenge to Ban on Gender Treatments for Minors. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/damning-information-about-trans-medical-group-expected-to-reach-supreme-court-as-justices-consider-challenge-to-ban-on-gender-treatments-for-minors
Ryan, Benjamin (June 27, 2024). Claim of Suicide Surge in Youths on U.K. Wait List for Gender Care Undermined by ‘Cass Review’ New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/claim-of-suicide-surge-in-kids-on-u-k-wait-list-for-gender-care-undermined-by-cass-review
The Cass Review Fact Check: It’s Clear That Many People Never Bothered to Read The Report
Ryan, Benjamin (May 3, 2024). Psychiatrists learned the wrong lesson from the gay rights movement. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/03/transgender-puberty-blockers-science-cass-report/
Ryan, Benjamin (April 23, 2024). Activist-Blogger Erin Reed Can’t Stop Telling Falsehoods About Gender Medicine. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/activist-blogger-erin-reed-cant-stop
Ryan, Benjamin (April 17, 2024). A flood of false claims about England’s Cass Review has coursed across social media and the press and among activists and academics. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/the-cass-review-fact-check-its-clear
Ryan, Benjamin (April 10, 2024). Major U.K. Report Finds Pediatric Gender Medicine Is Based on ‘Remarkably Weak Evidence.’ New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/major-u-k-report-finds-pediatric-gender-medicine-is-based-on-shaky-evidence
Ryan, Benjamin (March 12, 2024). Leaked Files From Influential Transgender Medicine Group Cause Uproar, Could Imperil Liberal Efforts To Undo State Bans on Gender-Transition Treatments for Children. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/leaked-files-from-influential-transgender-medicine-group-cause-uproar-could-imperil-liberal-efforts-to-undo-state-bans-on-gender-transition-treatments-for-children
Ryan, Benjamin (March 4, 2024). A damning report based on leaked internal communications depicts the major transgender advocacy group as expressing confidence about gender-transition… Hazard Ratio
Ryan, Benjamin (February 1, 2024). Beleaguered World Health Organization Wades Into Transgender Debate and Is Met With Uproar Over Plans To Develop Guidelines on Trans Healthcare New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/beleaguered-world-health-organization-wades-into-transgender-debate-and-is-met-with-uproar-over-plans-to-develop-guidelines-on-trans-healthcare
Ryan, Benjamin (December 21, 2023). Sued Over Policies on Transgender Children, American Academy of Pediatrics Pulls Forthcoming Book, Takes Steps To Protect Emails From Prying Eyes. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/sued-over-policies-on-transgender-children-american-academy-of-pediatrics-pulls-forthcoming-book-takes-steps-to-protect-emails-from-prying-eyes
Ryan, Benjamin (December 26, 2023). Lawsuits by Regretful ‘Detransitioners’ Take Aim at Medical Establishment’s Support for Gender-Transition Treatments for Minors New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/lawsuits-by-regretful-detransitioners-take-aim-at-medical-establishments-support-for-gender-transition-treatments-for-minors
Ryan, Benjamin (October 13, 2023). Youth Gender-Transition Treatment Not Tied to Lower Suicide Deaths in Finland. Hazard Ratio https://benryan.substack.com/p/youth-gender-transition-treatment
Ryan, Benjamin (June 23, 2023). The LGBTQ population is growing, but medical schools haven’t caught up. NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/lgbtq-health-care-curriculum-medical-school-training-rcna89599
Ryan, Benjamin (February 2, 2023). How Tennessee axed millions in HIV funds amid scrutiny from far-right provocateurs. NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/tennessee-axed-millions-hiv-funds-scrutiny-far-right-provocateurs-rcna67769
Ryan, Benjamin (March 16, 2023). Transgender woman, 79, can claim Maine nursing home discriminated against her. NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/transgender-woman-79-can-claim-maine-nursing-home-discriminated-rcna20314
Ryan, Benjamin (July 3, 2023). Trump vs DeSantis – where do they stand on LGBTQ+ rights? Openly http://www.openlynews.com/i/?id=954c4808-5e45-450d-b21a-4e00c0450e71
Ryan, Benjamin; Anarte, Enrique; Greenhalgh, Hugo (July 3, 2023). Trans U.S. seniors fear bleak future in residential care. Openly https://www.openlynews.com/i/?id=4ad6f631-853c-42b1-ad75-993aac2652a3
Media
Blocked and Reported with Katie Herzog and Benjamin Ryan (February 6, 2026). Live with Katie Herzog & Ben Ryan. https://www.blockedandreported.org/p/live-with-katie-herzog-and-ben-ryan
Hazard Ratio with Benjamin Ryan and Meghan Daum (February 2, 2026). Jury Awards $2M In First Detransitioner Lawsuit: Live Discussion Between Meghan Daum and Benjamin Ryan. https://benryan.substack.com/p/jury-awards-2m-in-first-detransitioner
Hazard Ratio with Benjamin Ryan and Ben Kawaller (July 3, 2025). “It Feels Like I’m In a Body That Isn’t My Own”: Voices From the NYC Pride Parade Post-Skrmetti. https://benryan.substack.com/p/it-feels-like-im-in-a-body-that-isnt
Dollcast with Brianna Wu, Kelly Cadigan, Schyler Bogert, and Ben Ryan (December 18, 2024). The Plot to Destroy Ben Ryan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLVrQPMmzeM
Hazard Ratio with Benjamin Ryan and Jay Bhattacharya (November 27, 2024). Jay Bhattacharya, Trump’s NIH Pick, Unfiltered: “If you say the true thing, you’re going to get attacked.” https://benryan.substack.com/p/jay-bhattacharya-trumps-nih-pick
Hazard Ratio with Benjamin Ryan and Meghan Daum (November 25, 2024). Pediatric Gender Medicine In the Media and the Courts.
Buck Angel with Benjamin Ryan (November 8, 2024). The big question is what’s next in pediatric gender medicine. with Ben Ryan- Buck U: LIVE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKDv1ayC5iU
Hazard Ratio with Benjamin Ryan and Brianna Wu (October 18, 2024). Brianna Wu’s Dire Warning For Transgender Activists: “The Tactics We Are Using Are Failing.” https://benryan.substack.com/p/brianna-wus-dire-warning-for-transgender
Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce and Benjamin Ryan (August 30, 2024). Speaking Truth To Gender | with Benjamin Ryan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q3zzk8Y4_s
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Sasha Ayad is a conservative American psychologist and a key historical figure in anti-transgender extremism. Ayad and collaborator Stella O’Malley are world leaders in the anti-trans movement attacking transgender healthcare, especially for those under age 26.
Do not under any circumstances go to Ayad for any counseling of any kind. If you are a minor forced to see Ayad, do everything in your power to end the sessions and find a supportive local therapist instead.
Overview
Ayad promotes
Ayad is involved in many key anti-trans organizations, including
Background
Sasha Ayad was born February 1, 1982 and attended University of Houston, earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in psychology.
Anti-trans activism
Ayad is connected to a number of anti-trans organizations, most of which are just part of a web farm with reciprocal links to make Ayad’s allies and their fringe ideologies seem more numerous and influential than they are.
These fringe front groups include:
In 2023 Ayad co-authored the anti-trans book When Kids Say They’re Trans: A Guide for Parents with Stella O’Malley and Lisa Marchiano.
Gender: A Wider Lens
Ayad and O’Malley host the podcast Gender: A Wider Lens. The guests include many global leaders in modern conservative and anti-transgender activism.
The Metaphor of Gender
In 2025, Ayad started the YouTube channel The Metaphor of Gender. The early videos are solo presentations of Ayad’s views on gender.
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Henrik Anckarsäter was a Swedish psychologist and anti-transgender activist.
Anckarsäter was an advisor to anti-trans hate group Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine (SEGM) from 2020 until Anckarsäter’s death in 2021.
Background
Pär Henrik Georg Söderström was born October 12, 1966 in Göteborg, Sweden.
In 2005 Anckarsäter was appointed associate professor at Lund University, and in 2008 assumed a professorship in forensic psychiatry at the University of Gothenburg. Anckarsäter was also a visiting professor at the University of Paris XII from 2006 to 2007 and in the Department of Clinical Sciences at Lund University, Malmö, from 2009 to 2015.
Anckarsäter was affiliated with the Centre for Ethics, Law and Mental Health.
Anckarsäter’s spouse is Rolf Anckarsäter. Anckarsäter died on March 9, 2021 in Askim, Sweden.
References
Staff (May 11, 2021). In memory of Henrik Anckarsäter. https://akademiliv.se/en/2021/05/74108/
Henrik Anckarsäter 1, Christopher Gillberg (2020). Methodological Shortcomings Undercut Statement in Support of Gender-Affirming Surgery. Am J Psychiatry. 2020 Aug 1;177(8):764-765. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.19111117
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Marcus Evans is a British psychoanalyst whose clientele has included trans and gender diverse people. Evans was a key critic of trans healthcare for gender diverse youth at the Tavistock. The clinic was later closed.
Evans and his wife Sue Evans co-authored the 2021 book Gender Dysphoria: A Therapeutic Model for Working with Children, Adolescents and Young Adults.
Evans has served as a director of anti-trans hate group Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (SEGM).
Background
Evans graduated from Bembridge in 1976. Evans served as head of nursing at the Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust from 1998-2018. Evans was Clinical Director of the adult & adolescent departments between 2011 & 2015. In 2018 Evans began working in private practice.
2021 book
The following people are mentioned in the acknowledgements:
We are grateful to the following people who have generously given their time and expertise to the development of this book: Annie Pesskin, Ian Williamson, Richard Stephens, Margot Waddell, Frances Grier, and Ema Syrulnik [Zhenya Abbruzzese], as well as all our colleagues at the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine. We are grateful to Kate Pearce at Phoenix for offering to publish this book.
Resources
Trans Data Library (transdatalibrary.org)
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Hannah Barnes is a UK-based author and anti-transgender activist. Barnes is a key historical figure in the oppression of trans and gender diverse youth.
Barnes was an invited speaker at a 2023 conference organized by SPLC-designated anti-trans hate group Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine. Barnes frequently writes anti-trans pieces for The New Statesman.
Background
Barnes earned a bachelor’s degree from University of Oxford in 2005 and a degree from City University of London in 2006.
After roles at DeHavilland and GCap Media, Barnes joined the BBC in 2014. Barnes is a significant contributor to anti-trans publication The New Statesman.
Anti-trans activism
Barnes is a key figure in FUD propaganda around healthcare for gender diverse youth, with a special focus on medications for unwanted puberty.
Time to Think
Barnes authored the 2023 book Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock’s Gender Service for Children. The Tavistock was typical of bureaucratic centralized federally funded clinics that have emerged under nationalized healthcare systems. These clinics often deliver substandard care due to unacceptable wait times. Countries like Canada and the UK have closed these kinds of clinics in favor of decentralized options.
The acknowledgements list many key figures in global anti-trans activism:
This book would never have been written without the endless support of my husband, Pat, who has kept our family on track while allowing me to research, conduct interviews, write and rewrite. Enormous thanks are also due to my parents and step-parents for their love, and for their help with looking after their amazing grandchildren. To all those who shared their experience of GIDS as service users or as their family members, thank you for telling your stories. Ellie, Jack, Phoebe, Hannah, ‘Jacob’, ‘Michelle’, ‘Diana’, ‘Harriet’ – thank you for trusting with me with such personal accounts, and, in some cases, highly sensitive information.
I owe a huge debt of gratitude to all of the GIDS clinicians who have given me their time, shared their thoughts – whatever they may be – and who met or spoke with me, even if they did not feel comfortable being interviewed. To Anna Hutchinson, who patiently shared her experiences over many hours, to Matt Bristow, Will Crouch, Kirsty Entwistle, Sue Evans, Az Hakeem, Melissa Midgen, Natasha Prescott, Anastassis Spiliadis, and to the many, many others who have spoken on condition of anonymity – thank you. For some, I am aware it has been a difficult experience, and I do not take lightly how daunting it might have been to share your views – for a variety of reasons. There are also further, unnamed clinicians who have spoken out over several years, and who have tried to bring about change away from the public eye. Thanks too to all who have spoken with me who work or worked in the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, or were charged with its governance: Sonia Appleby, Juliet Singer, David Bell, Marcus Evans, Stanley Ruszczynski, David Taylor, Marilyn Miller and those who do not wish to be named. Paul Moran, Donal O’Shea, Russell Viner, David Freedman and Stephanie Davies-Arai also deserve my thanks, as do Lucy Bannerman, Susan Matthews and Richard Stephens.
My first, and exceptionally brilliant, reader was my uncle, Robert Barnes, and I thank him for his many thoughtful, wise suggestions and feedback. My second was Julia Murphy, who managed to squeeze in reading alongside work and family life. Thank you. This book would also not have been written without the encouragement of Innes Bowen, who convinced me that I had it in me. Nor would it have been possible without my agent Toby Mundy, who took it – and me – on, and who has been a consistent voice of calm when I have needed it. And to Mark Richards and Diana Broccardo at Swift Press, who were brave enough to publish it. For bringing coherence to the many, many references, thank you to the ever-patient Alex Middleton. The seeds were sown at BBC Newsnight, and there would have been no book without the original backing and courage of my former editor, Esmé Wren, and my friend and former colleague Deborah Cohen, as well as support from deputy editors Dan Clarke, Verity Murphy and Stewart Maclean. Finally, thank you to everyone who has sent me source material or shared information, and to those whose names I don’t know who have had the wisdom to archive hundreds of webpages. I am indebted to you all.
Selected anti-trans writing by Barnes
Barnes, Hannah (14 June 2025). Do our politicians understand the Supreme Court’s gender ruling? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-report/2025/06/do-our-politicians-understand-the-supreme-courts-gender-ruling
Barnes, Hannah (27 May 2025). Exclusive: Why Wes Streeting changed his mind on cross-sex hormones. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2025/05/exclusive-why-wes-streeting-changed-his-mind-on-cross-sex-hormones
Barnes, Hannah (23 April 2025). Labour’s cynical shift on biological sex. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2025/04/labours-cynical-shift-on-biological-sex
Barnes, Hannah (26 March 2025). How gender ideology corrupted government data. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2025/03/how-gender-ideology-corrupted-government-data
Barnes, Hannah (27 February 2025). The new puberty blockers trial is expensive and adds little. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/02/the-new-puberty-blockers-trial-is-expensive-and-adds-little
Barnes, Hannah (12 February 2025). Katharine Birbalsingh: “They’re going to destroy our schools.” New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/education/2025/02/katharine-birbalsingh-interview-destroy-our-schools-bridget-phillipson-academies
Barnes, Hannah (23 January 2025). Are politicians trying to undermine the Cass Review? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/01/are-politicians-trying-to-undermine-the-cass-review
Barnes, Hannah (20 December 2024). Why courts could stop a teenager changing their gender. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/12/why-courts-could-stop-a-teenager-changing-their-gender
Barnes, Hannah (29 November 2024). The Scottish government is ignoring women’s rights. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/11/scottish-government-is-ignoring-womens-rights
Barnes, Hannah (3 December 2024).Why courts could stop a teenager changing their gender. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2024/12/why-courts-could-stop-a-teenager-changing-their-gender
Barnes, Hannah (November 2024).The Scottish government is ignoring women’s rights. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/11/scottish-government-is-ignoring-womens-rights
Barnes, Hannah (21 October 2024). Questions remain over NHS youth gender care, despite Cass Review. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/thestaggers/2024/09/the-bma-turns-away-from-rejecting-the-cass-report
Barnes, Hannah(27 September 2024). The BMA turns away from rejecting the Cass Report. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/09/the-bma-turns-away-from-rejecting-the-cass-report
Barnes, Hannah (25 September 2024). The intolerant age. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/09/intolerant-age-free-speech-britain-institutions
Barnes, Hannah (18 September 2024). Data and ideology don’t mix. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/09/data-and-ideology-dont-mix
Banres, Hannah (25 September 2024). Has Labour shifted on sex-based rights? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/09/has-labour-shifted-on-sex-based-rights
Barnes, Hannah (8 August 2024). Hundreds of doctors are challenging the BMA’s stance on puberty blockers. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/08/hundreds-of-doctors-are-challenging-the-bmas-stance-on-puberty-blockers
Barnes, Hannah (26 July 2024). Why are BMA Council’s confidential discussions on the Cass Review a matter of public interest? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/07/why-are-bma-councils-confidential-discussions-on-the-cass-review-a-matter-of-public-interest
Barnes, Hannah (16 July 2024). Why are British doctors considering rejecting the Cass report? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2024/07/why-are-british-doctors-voting-to-reject-the-cass-report
Barnes, Hannah (26 June 2024). The vexed history of British feminism. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2024/06/the-vexed-history-of-british-feminism
Barnes, Hannah (25 June 2024). Labour’s women problem. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/labour/2024/06/labour-starmer-women-problem-jk-rowling-gender
Barnes, Hannah (12 June 2024).Politicians ignore the Mumsnet manifesto at their peril. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/06/politicians-ignore-the-mumsnet-manifesto-at-their-peril
Barnes, Hannah (5 June 2024). Why won’t Labour tell the truth about the NHS? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/06/why-wont-labour-tell-truth-about-nhs-debates
Barnes, Hannah (5 June 2024). Kemi Badenoch and the legal definition of sex. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/06/kemi-badenoch-and-the-legal-definition-of-sex
Barnes, Hannah (30 May 2024). The government’s 11th-hour ban on puberty blockers. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2024/05/government-11th-hour-ban-puberty-blockers-gender
Barnes, Hannah (8 May 2024). Hilary Cass: “Do I regret doing it? Absolutely not.” New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/ns-interview/2024/05/hilary-cass-interview-review-transgender-identity-tavistock-puberty-blockers-do-i-regret-it
Staff (April 11, 2024). How will the gender care report affect politics? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/2024/04/how-will-the-gender-care-report-affect-politics
Barnes, Hannah (10 April 2024). The Cass Review into children’s gender care should shame us all. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2024/04/the-cass-review-into-childrens-gender-care-should-shame-us-all
Barnes, Hannah (31 March 2024). Why the Tavistock gender identity clinic was forced to shut … and what happens next. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/31/why-the-tavistock-gender-identity-clinic-was-forced-to-shut-and-what-happens-next
Barnes, Hannah (20 March 2024). Inside the collapse of the Tavistock Centre. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/03/inside-the-collapse-of-the-tavistock-centre
Barnes, Hannah (24 February 2024). Reem Alsalem on the biggest obstacles to ending violence against women. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-interview/2024/02/reem-alsalem-biggest-obstacles-ending-violence-against-women
Barnes, Hannah (8 February 2024). Kemi Badenoch sticks to the facts. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/02/kemi-badenoch-facts-select-committee
Barnes, Hannah (24 March 2024). New legal challenge aims to restrict private gender clinics for teenagers. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/03/legal-challenge-stop-private-gender-clinics-teenagers-tavistock
Barnes, Hannah (12 March 2024). No more puberty blockers for children, says NHS England. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/03/no-more-puberty-blockers-for-children-says-nhs-england
Barnes, Hannah (16 January 2024). Inside NHS England’s faltering plan to replace the Tavistock. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/01/inside-nhs-englands-faltering-plan-to-replace-tavistock
Media
Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (April 8, 2024). SEGM NYC23 – Hannah Barnes – Lessons from The Largest Youth Gender Clinic in the World. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaZ8xEbctx8
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Patrick W. Lappert is an American plastic surgeon and anti-transgender activist.
Lappert has testified in litigation or advocated on behalf of legislation to limit trans rights in states across the country including Alabama, Arkansas, Utah and Florida.
Lappert produced a report for the 2022 Florida Department of Health anti-trans report, created as a pretext to restrict and/or ban trans healthcare in Florida.
Background
Patrick Walter “Pat” Lappert was born in Venezuela on September 30, 1954 and grew up Jewish. In 1960, the family moved to San Francisco, but Lappert’s parents divorced around 1966. Lappert became atheist as an adolescent, dropped out of high school at 15, and left home.
After earning a bachelor’s degree from University of California, Santa Barbara, Lappert earned a medical degree from Uniformed Services University School of Medicine in 1983 and completed a surgical residency at Naval Hospital Oakland in 1991. Lappert became board certified in surgery in 1992. Lappert then completed a plastic surgery residency at University of Tennessee-Memphis in 1994 and was certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery in 1997.
While stationed in Memphis, Lappert became suicidal, during which time a religious conversion to Christianity occurred. In 1995, Lappert was baptized in the Catholic church. In 2013, Lappert was ordained as a deacon in the Catholic church.
Lappert served in the Navy for 24 years, serving at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth from 1994 until retiring from the Navy as a Captain in 2002.
In 1981 Lappert married nurse Patrice Ann (Oberst) Lappert (born 1956), and they have six children.
Anti-transgender activism
Lappert is involved in Courage International, an organization that treats LGBTQ people like alcoholics who can overcome their urges through meetings.
Starting in 2014, Lappert began getting involved in criticizing transgender surgery, later expanding to all trans healthcare.
In his ruling that Arkansas’s 2021 law banning gender-affirming medical care for minors is unconstitutional,
US District Judge James M. Moody, Jr. commented on Lappert’s qualifications in ruling that the Arkansas ban on trans youth healthcare was unconstitutional:
“The Court does not credit the testimony of Professor Regnerus and gives it no weight because the Court finds that he lacks the qualifications to offer his opinions and failed to support them.” […]
“Dr. Lappert does not meet the requirements under Daubert to give opinions relevant to this case.” […]
“Dr. Hruz has never treated a patient for gender dysphoria.”
Brandt v. Rutledge, 4:21CV00450 JM
Lappert appears in the 2022 propaganda piece Dysconnected.
References
John DeSilva Finley, ed. (2022). Sexual Identity: The Harmony of Philosophy, Science, and Revelation. Emmaus Road Publishing, ISBN 9781645851912 Contributors: Cara Buskmiller, Paul W. Hruz, Patrick W. Lappert, Andrew Sodergren, Lawrence J. Welch,
Redden, Molly (September 15, 2023). Inside The Cottage Industry Of ‘Experts’ Paid To Defend Anti-Trans Laws. HuffPost https://www.huffpost.com/entry/paid-experts-defending-anti-trans-law_n_65021a7ee4b01df7c3b6d513
Stahl, Aviva (June 9, 2023) Four controversial doctors helping Republicans attack trans healthcare. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jun/09/doctor-republican-trans-gender-affirming-minor-healthcare-lgbtq-rights
La Bouve, Janelle (February 23, 1996). A China doll couple adopt a Chinese child. The Virginian-Pilot https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1996/vp960223/02210182.htm
Diocese of Lansing (October 3, 2022). Watch: Top Surgeon, Dr. Lappert | Vote NO to Prop 3 to protect children from “trans” lobby. https://www.dioceseoflansing.org/news/watch-top-surgeon-dr-lappert-vote-no-prop-3-protect-children-trans-lobby video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2g7ZlMpkAI
Media
Family Watch International (August 17, 2021). Dr Patrick Lappert. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEiu6OQqcVE
Journey Home (November 21, 2016). Deacon Patrick Lappert. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2KCFtHHHVE
Marshall (September 20, 2023). Transgenderism: Can I Switch My Sex? | Speakin’ with the Deacons. Catholic Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M9f_HaPaHA
Cynthia Breheny (October 30, 2023). Ethics of Gender Affirming Care | Dr. Patrick Lappert | Interviews Paradox Institute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTN35a8R7DA
Resources
Trans Data Library (transdatalibrary.org)
GLAAD Accountability Project (glaad.org/gap)
Lappert Skin Care (lappertplasticsurgery.com)
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